DIY sea of CFL

got tired of all the wires everywhere so i made a little cfl hood out of the top to a furnace box. i used some $2.00 sockets from H depot some scrap 12-3 wire i had and the y splitters from HD and a 3way adapter. drilled my holes, sprayed some glue by 3m i had in the shop and stuck the mylar to it. next day i wired up the sockets and put the plug ends on (also 2 bucks each) . i could have wired it all to 1 cord but i wanted the flexability they have with the new t5 hoods where you can turn on seperate banks of lights. i have it set up for veg right now with the outsides being 26watt 6500k and the middle bank is 4 42 watt 2700 k and 2 26 watt 27k. come flower time i will put the 6500K in the center and 2700k on both sides. right now with this setup i am at 532 watts cfl with 33100 lumens in a 2 foot x 2.75 foot area. i fired it up today and it is very bright. put a thermometer on top and 2 under it 1 was 6 inches away from the lights and 1 was a foot. readings are pretty good. 72 degrees in the shop always, 75-76 on top my the sockets, 82 6" under and 78 at 1 foot below the lights. i will probably need a fan when i go to flower because of the sides being closed but i'm really suprised for cool it runs . i have about 50 bucks into it plus lights but i had those already. tell me what you think and what you might change to make better. i'm gunna try this with a piece of sheet metal in the next day or 2. now i will try to load the pics for yaall. here goes .

hers a pic of the f*** fest before, had to do something before my little girls go in. i have 3 master kush fem and a mystery seed 4 days out of the plugs . gunna try 2 mk in bubbles and the other 2 in dirt. is there any problem doing them side by side like this? i just did the math, it comes out to a little over 6000 lumens per sq. ft.

Im like it man you should get some decent buds, have you giving any thought to the sides of the plant though? How many plants are you planning on growing?

Looks good man. Probably want to add some side lighting later, when the plants are bigger.

logzz said:

Im like it man you should get some decent buds, have you giving any thought to the sides of the plant though? How many plants are you planning on growing?

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4 plants if the one is female, i still have all the shit from the pic of the f***fest. so i can always put up a couple on the sides. i have mylar for all 4 sides and i'm building a box out of sheet metal, been doing heating and cooling on the side, thats where i got the box top.

Very nicely done, I wish we had power tools +rep

Nope dont think so Ive seen a lot of people do it. If you havnt built the hydroponic system yet why not go for all hydro? or is there a reason you want them in soil? But that pic you just posted is looking exactly like my grow room haha

logzz said:

Nope dont think so Ive seen a lot of people do it. If you havnt built the hydroponic system yet why not go for all hydro? or is there a reason you want them in soil? But that pic you just posted is looking exactly like my grow room haha

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i've been playin with vegetables in the hydro buckets and in dirt and it just seems way more easy in dirt. i guess i'm not totally covinced i can do the hyrdo thing, i'm a landscaper so dirt is all i know

There you go that is a safe way to look at it. Im sure you can get the same results. You might as well learn the basics first.
Is this your first grow?

been building lots of stuff lately, like this little 10.00 walmart box for a little sog once i can get some cuttings. the last one is a old minnow bucket, still gotta put something on the sides for light.

logzz said:

There you go that is a safe way to look at it. Im sure you can get the same results. You might as well learn the basics first.
Is this your first grow?

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i grew a really nice one outside 2 years ago,it was pretty good and i never did a thing to it until the last month, i put some rose bud fert on it and it just exploded. i think i got about 7.5 oz. dried out of that beast

nice man I wish
I built one of those where did you get the net pot?

logzz said:

nice man I wish
I built one of those where did you get the net pot?

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got it at my local hydro store, the little ones were like 45 cents and the midsize one was 95 cents. i got a couple big ones for a 5 gallon bucket that were about 5 bucks.